Nursing Student Mock Interview
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You are a new nurse working in a busy ER department. You go into the medicine room and notice the senior nurse slip medication into her pocket. How do you respond?
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Makayla Donigan is a Certified Nurse Aide, Certified Phlebotomy Technician, and Medical Copywriter.
Ethical questions that schools may ask can also involve peer relationships at work. They want to test your ethics in situations that have different power dynamics. Discuss your thought process when answering this question so they can see how you came to your conclusion.
Makayla Donigan is a Certified Nurse Aide, Certified Phlebotomy Technician, and Medical Copywriter.
"As a new nurse, this would be a tough situation to encounter. I would expect more experienced staff to be a role model of what I should do as a nurse. I do not know why the nurse took the medication or what the drug was, and it could be something like Tylenol or a more controlled substance. In this case, I think it is important to talk to the nurse that day alone and tell her that you saw her take the medication and that you will have to report her to the nursing manager. I would also use that conversation to say to her that I am here for her personally if she needs support through whatever caused her to take the medication in the first place."
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A senior nurse should be a role model for new nurses. If I saw this, I would wonder why she did so. Maybe she will give it to a patient? To ensure the integrity of care, I would approach her and ask her why she did it. If she did it to give it to a patient, I will let her do it. But if she did it for another reason, I would report her to the nursing manager. I would also inform her that I would be there for her.
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You make it clear that this type of situation would need to be addressed, and do a good job of including your thought process, and the steps you would follow, in your answer. Based on your response to this hypothetical situation, the interviewer will be confident that you have strong ethics and are of high moral character.
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